American swimmer (1948–2013)
Sharon Stouder
Sharon Stouder in 1965
Full name Sharon Marie Stouder National team United States Born (1948-11-09 ) November 9, 1948Altadena, California , U.S.Died June 23, 2013(2013-06-23) (aged 64) Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Weight 134 lb (61 kg) Sport Swimming Strokes Freestyle , butterfly Club Commerce Swim Club College team [1] Coach Don Gambril Commerce Swim Club
Sharon Marie Stouder (November 9, 1948 – June 23, 2013), also known by her married name Sharon Stouder Clark , was an American competition swimmer , three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.[2]
Early life
At only three, Sharon started swimming and began competition by eight, taking two firsts and setting age-group records in her first meet. She held 20 firsts in national age-group events, and took six National Junior Olympic age group ratings.[3]
Stouder attended Glendora High School , and swam for Hall of Fame coach Don Gambril 's highly competitive and nationally ranked City of Commerce Swim Club near Southeast Los Angeles. Earlier, Sharon swam with Gambril's Rosemead swim club which later merged with City of Commerce.[1] [4] [5]
Olympics
As a 15-year-old, she won three gold medals and one silver at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] She won the women's 100-meter butterfly , and was a member of the winning U.S. teams in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and the women's 4×100-meter medley relay .[3] She also took second place in the women's 100-meter freestyle , finishing behind Australian Dawn Fraser , for a total of four medals.[3]
Stouder swam sprint butterfly and sprint freestyle. She was the second woman in history to go under the one-minute barrier in the 100-meter freestyle, the event she got her silver medal in at the 1964 Olympics. In 1964 she twice broke the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly and set a record in the women's 100 meter butterfly as well.[1] [6]
In international competition, Stouder took a gold medal at the 1963 São Paulo Pan Am games in both the 4x100 freestyle and medley relays.[1]
Later life, and education
She attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, graduating in 1970 though Stanford had no women's swim team at the time, and her competitive swimming career virtually ended after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. She was inducted into the Stanford Hall of Fame in 1997.[1] Stouder did graduate work at the University of California Santa Barbara, and worked coaching swimming.[7] She lit the Olympic Torch at the 1984 games, raised a family and owned a women's clothing store. She lived most of her adult life in the California Bay area.[8]
She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1972.[7] She was the California State Athlete of the year in 1963-64.[9] Stouder died June 23, 2013; she was 64 years old.[10]
See also
References
^ a b c d e "Olympedia, Sharon Stouder" . www.olympedia.org . Wikipedia.
^ Braden Keith, "Queen of 1964 Olympics Sharon Stouder Passes Away at 64 ," SwimSwam.com (July 10, 2013). Retrieved March 13, 2015.
^ a b c d Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Sharon Stouder . Retrieved October 16, 2012.
^ Kanner, Burt, Don Gambril: A Coach With a Heart , Biography, (2022), Published by Swimming World, U.S. Swimming Hall of Fame, pg. 40, Commerce Swim Club, world records, pg. 144
^ Swam for Gambril's City of Commerce in "Sharon Stouder, August Athlete in Helm's Vote", Arcadia Tribune , Arcadia, California, pg. 15, 20 September 1964
^ "Sharon Stouder, August Athlete in Helm's Vote", Arcadia Tribune , Arcadia, California, pg. 15, 20 September 1964
^ a b "Sharon stouder (USA)" . ISHOF.org . International Swimming Hall of Fame . Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2012 .
^ Faraudo, Jeff, "15-year Old Swimmer Grabbed 4 Medals", Oakland Tribune , Oakland, California, pg. 26, 7 July 2004
^ "State Athletes of the Year, 1963-64", The Fresno Bee , Fresno, California, pg. PB2, 14 July 2006
^ "Former resident Sharon Stouder Clark set the bar for female Olympians ," Los Altos Town Crier (July 24, 2013). Retrieved March 13, 2015.
External links
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Sharon Stouder" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
Sharon Stouder (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-04-02)
Image of U.S. Olympic swimmers Cathy Ferguson, Sharon Stouder and Claudia Kolb at LA Swim Stadium, California, 1964. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library , University of California, Los Angeles .
Men's team Women's team Staff
1912 : Belle Moore , Jennie Fletcher , Annie Speirs , Irene Steer (GBR )
1920 : Margaret Woodbridge , Frances Schroth , Irene Guest , Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA )
1924 : Euphrasia Donnelly , Gertrude Ederle , Ethel Lackie , Mariechen Wehselau (USA )
1928 : Adelaide Lambert , Albina Osipowich , Eleanor Saville , Martha Norelius (USA )
1932 : Helen Johns , Eleanor Saville , Josephine McKim , Helene Madison (USA )
1936 : Jopie Selbach , Tini Wagner , Willy den Ouden , Rie Mastenbroek (NED )
1948 : Marie Corridon , Thelma Kalama , Brenda Helser , Ann Curtis (USA )
1952 : Ilona Novák , Judit Temes , Éva Novák-Gerard , Katalin Szőke (HUN )
1956 : Dawn Fraser , Faith Leech , Sandra Morgan , Lorraine Crapp (AUS )
1960 : Joan Spillane , Shirley Stobs , Carolyn Wood , Chris von Saltza (USA )
1964 : Sharon Stouder , Donna de Varona , Lillian Watson , Kathy Ellis (USA )
1968 : Jane Barkman , Linda Gustavson , Susan Pedersen , Jan Henne (USA )
1972 : Shirley Babashoff , Jane Barkman , Jenny Kemp , Sandy Neilson (USA )
1976 : Kim Peyton , Jill Sterkel , Shirley Babashoff , Wendy Boglioli (USA )
1980 : Barbara Krause , Caren Metschuck , Ines Diers , Sarina Hülsenbeck (GDR )
1984 : Jenna Johnson , Carrie Steinseifer , Dara Torres , Nancy Hogshead (USA )
1988 : Kristin Otto , Katrin Meissner , Daniela Hunger , Manuela Stellmach (GDR )
1992 : Nicole Haislett , Angel Martino , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Ashley Tappin , Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (USA )
1996 : Angel Martino , Amy Van Dyken , Catherine Fox , Jenny Thompson , Lisa Jacob , Melanie Valerio (USA )
2000 : Amy Van Dyken , Courtney Shealy , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Erin Phenix , Ashley Tappin (USA )
2004 : Alice Mills , Libby Lenton , Petria Thomas , Jodie Henry , Sarah Ryan (AUS )
2008 : Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis , Hinkelien Schreuder , Manon van Rooijen (NED )
2012 : Alicia Coutts , Cate Campbell , Brittany Elmslie , Melanie Schlanger , Emily Seebohm , Yolane Kukla , Libby Trickett (AUS )
2016 : Emma McKeon , Brittany Elmslie , Bronte Campbell , Cate Campbell , Madison Wilson (AUS )
2020 : Bronte Campbell , Meg Harris , Emma McKeon , Cate Campbell , Mollie O'Callaghan , Madison Wilson (AUS )
1960 : Lynn Burke , Patty Kempner , Carolyn Schuler , Chris von Saltza (USA )
1964 : Cathy Ferguson , Cynthia Goyette , Sharon Stouder , Kathy Ellis (USA )
1968 : Kaye Hall , Catie Ball , Ellie Daniel , Susan Pedersen (USA )
1972 : Melissa Belote , Cathy Carr , Deena Deardurff , Sandy Neilson (USA )
1976 : Ulrike Richter , Hannelore Anke , Kornelia Ender , Andrea Pollack (GDR )
1980 : Rica Reinisch , Ute Geweniger , Andrea Pollack , Caren Metschuck (GDR )
1984 : Theresa Andrews , Tracy Caulkins , Mary T. Meagher , Nancy Hogshead (USA )
1988 : Kristin Otto , Silke Hörner , Birte Weigang , Katrin Meissner (GDR )
1992 : Lea Loveless , Anita Nall , Crissy Ahmann-Leighton , Jenny Thompson , Janie Wagstaff , Megan Kleine , Summer Sanders , Nicole Haislett (USA )
1996 : Beth Botsford , Amanda Beard , Angel Martino , Amy Van Dyken , Catherine Fox , Whitney Hedgepeth , Kristine Quance , Jenny Thompson (USA )
2000 : Barbara Bedford , Megan Quann , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Courtney Shealy , Ashley Tappin , Amy Van Dyken , Staciana Stitts (USA )
2004 : Giaan Rooney , Leisel Jones , Petria Thomas , Jodie Henry , Brooke Hanson , Jessicah Schipper , Alice Mills (AUS )
2008 : Emily Seebohm , Leisel Jones , Jessicah Schipper , Libby Trickett , Tarnee White , Felicity Galvez , Shayne Reese (AUS )
2012 : Missy Franklin , Rebecca Soni , Dana Vollmer , Allison Schmitt , Rachel Bootsma , Breeja Larson , Claire Donahue , Jessica Hardy (USA )
2016 : Kathleen Baker , Lilly King , Dana Vollmer , Simone Manuel , Olivia Smoliga , Katie Meili , Kelsi Worrell , Abbey Weitzeil (USA )
2020 : Cate Campbell , Chelsea Hodges , Emma McKeon , Kaylee McKeown , Mollie O'Callaghan , Emily Seebohm , Brianna Throssell (AUS )
1951 : C. Green , S. Geary , J. LaVine , B. Brey (USA )
1955 : W. Werner , C. Green , G. Kluter , J. Roberts (USA )
1959 : M. Botkin , J. Spillane , S. Stobs , C. von Saltza (USA )
1963 : D. de Varona , S. Stouder , E. McCleary , J. Norton (USA )
1967 : W. Fordyce , P. Carpinelli , L. Gustavson , P. Kruse (USA )
1971 : S. Neilson , W. Fordyce , K. McKitrick , L. Skrifvars (USA )
1975 : K. Heddy , B. Brown , J. Sterkel , K. Peyton (USA )
1979 : S. Elkins , T. Caulkins , J. Sterkel , C. Woodhead (USA )
1983 : J. Sterkel , D. Torres , M. Wayte , C. Steinseifer (USA )
1987 : K. Coffin , J. Thompson , S. Linke , C. Steinseifer (USA )
1991 : M. Oesting , S. Buckovich , L. Jacob , A. Tappin (USA )
1995 : A. Martino , A. Van Dyken , L. Farella , C. Teuscher (USA )
1999 : J. Deglau , M. Limpert , S. Evanetz , L. Nicholls (CAN )
2003 : A. Weir , C. Swindle , C. Lanne , C. Shealy (USA )
2007 : J. Smit , S. Woodward , E. Kukors , M. Correia (USA )
2011 : M. Kennedy , E. Pelton , A. Kendall , E. Erndl (USA )
2015 : S. Mainville , M. Williams , K. Savard , C. van Landeghem (CAN )
2019 : L. Neal , C. Rasmus , K. Stewart , M. Geer (USA )
2023 : M. Harvey , B. Douthwright , M. Mac Neil , K. Savard (CAN )
1951 : S. Geary , P. Pence , M. O'Brien (USA )
1955 : C. O'Connor , M. Sears , B. Brey , W. Werner (USA )
1959 : C. Cone , A. Brancroft , B. Collins , C. von Saltza (USA )
1963 : G. Duenkel , C. Goyette , S. Stouder , D. de Varona (USA )
1967 : K. Moore , C. Ball , E. Daniel , W. Fordyce (USA )
1971 : D. Gurr , J. Wright , L. Cliff , A. Coughlan (CAN )
1975 : R. Bonne , M. Morey , C. Wright , K. Peyton (USA )
1979 : L. Jezek , T. Caulkins , J. Sterkel , C. Woodhead (USA )
1983 : S. Walsh , K. Rhodenbaugh , L. Lehner , C. Steinseifer (USA )
1987 : H. Green , L. Heisick , J. Jorgensen , S. Linke (USA )
1991 : J. Wilson , D. Tierney , A. Wester-Krieg , A. Tappin (USA )
1995 : B. Bedford , K. King Bednar , A. Van Dyken , A. Martino (USA )
1999 : D. Knapp , S. Stitts , K. Campbell , T. Spatz (USA )
2003 : D. MacManus , S. Stitts , D. Vollmer , A. Weir (USA )
2007 : J. Smit , M. McKeehan , K. Hersey , M. Correia (USA )
2011 : R. Bootsma , A. Chandler , C. Donahue , A. Kendall (USA )
2015 : N. Coughlin , K. Meili , K. Worrell , A. Schmitt (USA )
2019 : P. Bacon , A. Lazor , K. Stewart , M. Geer (USA )
2023 : D. Hanus , R. Nicol , M. Mac Neil , M. Harvey (CAN )